Chichibu AreaChichibu City
Chichibu Festival Hall
Chichibu Festival Museum exhibits materials related to the booths and kasaboko (combined umbrella and halberd carried on floats in some festivals) of the Chichibu night festival that takes place every year on the 2nd and 3rd of December. The booths, kasaboko, curtain, sculptures made by Shōwa’s master craftsmen are arranged in a design related to the Myōken belief. At noon, the lanterns are switched on to reproduce the night festival. Within the noise of the palatial Chichibu booth music, the luxurious booth and kasaboko can be seen right before your eyes.
Historical and Cultural facilities
Basic Information
- Tourist spot name
- Chichibu Festival Hall
- Location
- Chichibu Banbamachi
- TEL
- 0494-23-11100494-23-1110
- FAX
- 0494-22-7345
- Home page
- http://www.chichibu-matsuri.jp/en/
Business hours / Fee
- Business hours
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9: 00 ~ 17: 00 (April-November)
10: 00 ~ 17: 00 (December-March)
* Admission is until 16:30
- Regular holiday
- The fourth・fifth Tuesday (※Open on holidays) December 29th ~ January 1st
- Fee
- (General) Private 400 yen Group 450 yen ※25 people or more for a group (Elementary/Middle School Students) Private 250 yen Group 200 yen ※25 people or more for a group ※If you hold a Physical Disability Certificate ・Rehabilitation Certificate・Mental Disability Certificate・Atomic Bomb Victims Record Book・Handbook for War Injury, the individual and the caregiver (up to one person) will have no entry charge.
Access
- Public transport
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In the case of using Seibu Railway
Take the Seibu Chichibu Line from Ikebukuro and get off at Seibu Chichibu Station and walk for 15 minutes
In the case of using JR and Chichibu Railway
Take the JR Takasaki Line from Ueno and transfer trains from Kumagaya Station. Then get off Chichibu Station of the Chichibu Railway and walk for 3 minutes
- Car
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In the case of utilizing the Kan-Etsu Expressway
Get off the Hanazono Interchange
Then head towards Chichibu using the national route 140
If you are visiting from the direction of Hidaka・Hannō via national route 16, head towards Chichibu using the national route 299
If you are visiting from the direction of Kōfu・Yamanashi, take the Chūō Expressway using the Katsunuma Interchange via the national route 20, 411, and 140 in the direction of Chichibu
- Parking
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Available for free
Available for 3 Large Buses
